350 SCROPHULARINAE. veronica. 



Rchb. Flor. Germ. excurs. 368. no. 2507. — Koch, Synops. fl. Germ. (edit. 1.) 524. 



— Bih. Scrophul. Indic. 44. — Bertol. Flor. Italic. I. 69. f — Foll. petiolatis ellip- 



licis oblongisve oblusis crenato -serratis; racemis axillarib.; pedicellis fructiferis 



patentib.; capsula subrotunda turgida leviter emarginata. ^ — Caulis teres, totus 



farctus, inferne procumbens et ad nodos radicans, superne surreclus, saepe ra- 



mosus et rubens. Folia opposita elliptica et obtusa minute crenata breviterque 



petiolata. Racemi laterales pedunculali axillares solitarii opposili. Bracteae li- 



neares aut inferiores lanceolatae calycem subaequantes. Calyx parvus laciniis 



paullulum inaequalibus ovatis v. lanceolatis acutis aut obtusis. Corolla parva 



coerulea slriis saturatioribus percursa, fauce albida. Capsula turgidula subro- 



tunda vix emarginata. — Tota planta glabra succulenta nitida, — Sium Fchs. 



Histor. stirp. 724. fig. 725. — Anagallis aquatica Dodon. Pemptad. stirp. 593. — V. 



punetata Hamilt. in D. Don, Prodr. fl. Nepalens. 93. — Beccabunga Riv. Monop. 



irregul. t. 100. 



/5. Foll. oblongo-angustalis obtusis Bertol. Amoen. Ital. 324. — V. Beccabunga 



/9. alpina Ten. Viaggio in Abruzz. 43. — Beccabunga alpina sive Veronica 



glahra alpina aqualica Oleae folio repens Bocc. Mus. 22. t. 6. — Beccabunga 



minor Riv. I. c. 



y. Foll. subintegerrimis; floribus roseis et bracteis pedicello longioribus. — V. 



Itmosa Lejeune, Rev. fl. Spa 3. — Herba recens anliscorbutica in acetariis 



grata, sicca nullius usus. — Crescit in fossis aquae limpidae rivulisque per 



totam fere Europam, Indiam orientalem et Americam borealem. 



** Calyce quinquepartito. 



79. V. PURSHII G. Don, General syst. of gard. and bot. IV. 573. no. 113. - Glabra 

 repens: foll. reniformi-cordatis profunde crenatis; racemis spicatis lateralib. pe- 

 dunculalis brevib. oblongis; calycib. inaequaliter quinquepartitis. ^ — Folia 

 longe peliolata. Caulis repens, ad nodos radicans. Pedunculi alterni foliorum 

 longiludine. Bracleae oblongae crenatae. Flores magni densi pallide coerulei. 

 Filamenla corollae longitudine. — V. reniformis Prsh. FI. Americ. septentr. I. 10. 

 (nec Raf.) — Crescil in America boreali ad ripas Missouri. 



80. V. HIMALENSIS D. Don, Prodr. fl. Nepalens. 92. — Bth. Scrophul. Indic. 44. — 

 Pubescenti-hirta v. demum glabrala: foll. sessilib. ovatis v. ovali-oblongis inciso- 

 crenatis, juniorib. hirtis; racemis oppositis longe pedunculatis; calycib. inaequa- 

 liter quinquepartitis; capsulis ovatis acutis calycem superanlibus. ^ — V. gran- 

 diflora Wall. Catal. 403. (nec alior.) — CoroIIa azurea. — Affinis dicitur V. Teu- 

 crio. — Crescit in India orienlali (Gossain Than). 



81. V. NIVEA Lindl. Bot. Regist. (New Ser.) XV. Pl. miscell. 43. (nec Hook.) — Ra- 

 «emis erectis lateralib. multifloris; foll. pinnatifidis glabris, laciniis linearib. dis- 

 tantib.; sepalis (quinis??) ovalib. obtusis glabris ; corollae basi barbatae laciniis 

 tribus angustioribus; capsulae obcordatae dissepimento valvis bilobis contrario. 

 ^ — Herba sesquipedalis rigida. Flores pallide albi. — In insula Diemenensi. 



82. V. PROSTRATA Linn. Spec. plant. 22. — Strm. Flor. Dtschlnds. Hft. 58. (ic. aen. 

 pessima). — Rchb. Flor. Germ. excurs. 368. no. 2508. — Koch, Synops. fl. Gerra. 

 (edit. 1.) 525. — Bertol. Flor. Italic. I. 76. f — Foll. breviler petiolalis lineari- 

 lanceolatis crenalo-serratis, basi subincisis subintegerrimisve; racemis axillarib.; 

 pedicellis capsulam leviter emarginatam subaequantib.; caulib. sterilib. prostratis, 

 floriferis ascendentibus. ^ — Caules caespitosi teretes a tribus quatuorve polli- 

 cibus ad dodranlem longi. Folia oblonga oblusa, apice integerrima, reliquo mar- 

 gine subinaequaliter dentata, inferiora breviier petiolata, basi angustata, prope 

 basin crebre peclinata, superiora subinlegerrima. Racemi in summo caule late- 

 rales solitarii axillares oppositi, rarius alterni aut in caule minus longe pedun- 

 culati pubescentes. Bracteae oblongo-lineares obtusae cilialae aut hirsutae pe- 

 dunculo aequales, longiores v. breviores. Calycis laciniae lanceolatae acutiuscu- 

 lae v. obtusiusculae ciliatae, hirsutae aut glabrae, quinla omnium minima. Corolla 

 majuscula pallide v. intensius coerulea venisque saluratioribus picla. Tota hcrba 



